The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, September 13, 1899, Image 6
DREYFUS CONVICTED.
A Martyr to French MilUtar
ism.
Keenes, Sept. 9 -The expected
bas happened. Dreyfus has been con
demned, but though a majority cf
those in the court room this afternoon
fully expected the verdict they were
completely stupefied when it was
given, and the silence which prevail
ed in the room and the way men
turned paie and caught their breaths
was more impressive thfta any other
manifestation could have been.
As the audience left the Court room
- fully ten or fifteen men were crying
openly, and the majority of those
present walked quietly down the
street for more thau a block without
speaking a word. It was like a
funeral procession.
Meanwhile a tragedy was being
enacted in the little room off the
Court room, where Dreyfus "listened
to the reading of the verdict. He
bad been told the result by his
lawyers ani had wept bitterly, but
when in the presence of the officials
of the Court martial he listened im
passively to his sentence.
His wife, who was waiting in tor
ture and suspense at ber house, bore
the news bravely and when visiting
her husband this afternoon showed
the outlookers who were in the
streets no sign of her sufferings as
he walked from her carriage to the
prison.
Matthieu Dreyfus was not present
in Court this afternoon, but visited
I his brother after the verdict had been
rendered. He found him perfectly
clim and without any manifestation
of surprise at the finding of the
Court.
The prisoner simply shrugged his
shoulders, uttering an expressive
"bah," adding as he embraced his
brother as the latter was preparing to
leave "Console my wife "
The general belief is that Dreyfus
will be pardoned ; but this will not
satisfy his .friends, who vehemently
declare that they will continue the
battle until the judgement is re
versed.
The verdict, they say, is directed
more against the Jews than against
Dreyfus and if allowed to stand will
make their existence in France im
possible. Ma tre Labori and
Ma tre Demage took the mid
night train for Paris They drove
to the station in a closed carriage,
escorted by four mounted gen
darmes.
The road was practically deserted
and no demonstration occurred
Maitres D mange and Labori will
tomorrow sign an application for a
revision of the case, although there
is no hope that the verdict will be
reversed Both are much upset,
though it can hardly be said that
ihey are surprised.
THE CRISIS REACHED.
Senne?, Sept. 9 -The appearance
oo the streets wheo Resces awoke this .
morning left no doubts in the minds of
anyone that the final crisis of the great ]
trial had been reached. Instead of
scattered gendarmes guarding the
vicinity of the prison and the Lycee,
the whole town bristled with soldiers,
all the streets near the court were
guarded at intervals by double lines of
iofantry, two companies of infantry sat
os the church steps adjoining the
Lycee, with their arms stacked ta front
of them, while io the courtyard of the
prisco and at various other points cav
alry could be seen in readiness.
Everyone entering the court room
were subjected to the closest scrutiny.
Even the women who attended the
session were deprived of their small sun
shades before being permitted to pass
A Urger crowd than uso ', witnessed
the passage of Dreyfus from the prison
to the Lycee, but the crowds were
nowhere large, and, aside from the
presence of the military, the town was
tranquil as usual.
The morning of the day which was
to decide the fate of Dreyfus broke dull
and cheerless and the court room was
filled with a cold, unsympathetic iight,
which lent sadness to the proceedings.
This was enhanced by the grave aspect
of the audience and of the judges
Toe last session of the court martial
opened at 7 30 a m.
Madame Labori was among the few
ladies present, and in the press S2ats
there were only about fifty reporters.
The prisoner looked Hushed and io
ill-health, apparently Buffering g reit
strain.
M. D mange promptly resumed his
speech for the defense, which was inter
rupted yesterday by the adjournment of
the court. The audience listened to
his remarks with the most serious atten
tion and he was closely followed by toe
judges.
Karon Russell, of Killowo, the Lord
Chief Justice of Eogland. was again
present. Among the prominent wit
nesses only Senator Trarieux, the
former minister of justice, remained
scated in the front row of the witness
seats. In the second row of the privi
leged public, facing the judges, sat
'Matthieu Dreyfus, brother of the
prisoner. His sunken eyes and care
worn face reflected his anxiety and
anguish. Capt. Dreyfus sat beside a
captain of gendarmes, aod as M
D mange refuted the arguments made
io the speeob of the government oom
missary, Major Carri re, the prisoner
continually turoed bis face towards
Matthieu to watoh the effect it had upon
bim. Matthieu Dreyfus, however,
did sot drafty the intense emotion
! with which his heart, OD this critical |
ciorniog, must have been bursting.
Gendarmes were plentiful!? distrib
uted among the audience aod pDsted io
the gangways around the court roora.
The btlence was only broken by the
occasional rustling of a reporter's note
book, or the neigb of aa artillery horse
picketed ia a street beside the Lycee
Now and then there was the sound of
the rattling of a rifle or the clanking of
a sword cf some officer hastily crossing
the court yard, where the troops were
stationed
After the conclusion of the -speech
of M. D mange and the reply by the
government commissary, Coi. Jou
anst, president of the court, asked
Dreyfus if he had anything to add
io his behalf The prisoner rose,
and. iti i voice choked with emotion,
declared he had only one thing to
say, but of that he was perfectly as
eured. He said :
"I affirm before my country and
before the army that I am innocent
My sole aim has been to 6ave the
honor of my name, the name borne
by my children. 1 have suffered five
years of the most awful torture. But
today, at least, I feel assured that I
am about to attain my desire, through
your loalty and justice "
Col Jouaust : "Have you finished,
Dreyfus ?"
Dreyfus : "Yes, Mr. President."
The court then retired to deliber
ate and the prisoner left the hali,
never to return, as in accordance
with the law, the verdict was ren
dered in his absence.
The ringing of a bell announced
the reentry of the judges, an officer
ordered, "Carry arms/' and "Present
arms," the rattle of rifles followed,
and theo Col. Jouaust marched in,
saluted and laid his kepi on the
table. The other judges did like
wise ; the gendarmes shouted, "Si
lence !" and the stillness of death
fell on the audience, who were wait
ing, heart in mouth, for the announce
ment of Dreyfus' fate.
DREYFUS FOUND GUILTY.
Col. Jouaust began by reading the
judgment, which opened with the
question referred to the judges by
toe court of cassation, was Dreyfus
guilty of entering into machination
to send secret documents to a foreign
power He then gave the answer,
that the court, by a majority of 5 to
2, found Dreyfus guilty.
The pent up feelings of the audi
ence were expressed in a long, deep
drawn "Oh !" when Col. Jouaust
reached the word "guilty." The
word was pronounced under his
breath. Owing to the threat of vig
orous punishment for uttering any
cry there was no outburst, but the
faces of the majority of the spectat
ors reflected an expression of an
guished surprise.
M Labor! heard the verdict with a
pallid vissage, while M. D mange
fell back ia a chair as though horror
struck.
Col. Jouaust read the judgment
without a tremor of his voice and
apparently unmoved
He concluded by saying the court
would remain sitting until the room
was cleared. He asked the audience
to go out quietly and not to raise a
stout of any sort
The gendarmes then closed around
the audience and pressed them out
side Not a cry or word was raised
by anyone. Everything passed off
with complete calm.
As the people emerged the gen
darmes kept them moving away from
the court The small crowd of peo
pie outside cheered for the army, but
the gendarmes did not interfere and
there was not the slightest disorder.
The judgement was read to Drey
fus in an adjoining little room by the
clerk of the court. Dreyfus listened
impassive, did not give slightest sigo
of emotion, did not utter a word and
marched back to prison like an ani
mation.
It is understood Dreyfus will be
sent to Fort Corte, in the island of
Corsica.
COULD ONLY BE IN FRACE.
Rennes, Sept 9.-It is reported
here thia evening that Dreyfus has
been condemned to 10 years in de
tention, and as he bas already suffer
ed five years' solitary imprisonment,
which counts as double the ordinary
detention, he will be released at the
end of a fortnight
Meanwhile, unless the president of
the republic pardons him, which
many think certain as being the only
solution of the present situation,
Dreyfus will have to be degraded
here again within eight days
WOULD HAVE DONE NO GOOD.
London, Sept 10.-A special dis
patch from Berlin says : "It is now
permitted to be kn ^n that the war
office holds documents conclusively
proving that Esterhazy and Henry
betrayed their trusts, and only the
permission of Emperor William was
awaited for the publication of docu
ments showing the sentence of Drey
lus to be a brutal act of injustice."
Rennes. Sept ll.-The judges of
the Dreyfus courtmartial today, by
mutual agreement, expressed to the
presideot of the republic, through Gen
Lucas, the commissioner of the army
corps at ReDoes, their sincere desire
that Dreyfus would not be submitted to
a fresh degradation.
Gibraltar, Sept 10 -The United
States cruiser Olympia, with Admiral
Dewey, sailed this afternoon for New
York.
A. C. L'S Lease of
Georgia Railroad.
August Belmont Say's South
ern Has no Interest in Lease
From Louisville and
Nashville.
New York, Sept H.-The follow
ing explanation was made tonight by
authority of the August Belmont com
pany of the actual terms of agree
merit between the Atlantic Coast Line
and the Louisville and Nashville :
"It is true that the Louisville aud
Nashville bas disposed of a half inter
est in the lease of the Georgia rail
road to the Atlantic Coast Line.
The papers have not been delivered
yet, but the negotiations have been
completed By the terms of this
transaction the Atlantic Coast Line
becomes a co lessee of the property
on equal terms with the Louisville
and Nashville, which has for the past
year been the sole lessee. Original
ly the Central of Georgia was co
[essee with the Louisville and Nash
ville, bat forfeited its interest
by failing to pay its part of the ex*
penses incurred, the courts declaring
that the Louisville and Nashville then
became sole lessee. We then had a
right to dispose of this half interest
in the Georgia railroad lease and we
have done 30 to the Atlantic Coast
Line.
"It is not true that the Coaet Line
was acting for the Southern railway
in this transaction. The Atlantic
Coast Line is aa independent railway
system of which Harry Walters of
Wilmington, N. C , is president.
The Southern railway does uot own
a dollar of its stock, so far as is
known.
"The Southern railway is an iode*
pendent railroad system of which
Samuel Spencer of this city is presi
dent The Louisville and Nashville
is another indedendent company
which we are managing for the
holders of its securities These
three independent corporations are in
no way drawn together by the terms
of the lease cf the Georgia raiiroad.
All reports to the effect that these
railroads have in any way acquired
control, one of the other, or have
pooled traffic interests are without
the slightest foundation - merest
nonsense."
Would You Live a Century ?
In a recent lecture delivered in
Birmingham Sir Jas. Sawyer gives a
few rules to follow if one would live
to be a centenarian They are not
hard to keep, and. in the interests of
those who do not tire of this world's
pleasures or pains, we subjoin the
list :
1. Sleep eight hours a day.
2. Sleep on the right side
3 Open the windows of one's bed
room at night
4 Put a screen in front of the
door/
5 Place one's bed away from the
wall.
6 Take a bath the temperature of
the body every morning, not a cold
douche
7. Take exercise before breakfast.
8. Eat little meat and make eure it
is thoroughly cooked.
9. (For adults ) Do not drink
milk.
10. Eat much grain in order to
nourish the cells which destroy the
germs of disease
11. Avoid intoxicants, which de
stroy these cells
12 Take daily exercise in the
open air.
lo Keep no animals in Hying
rooms. They may have the germs of
disease. .
14. Live as much as possible in
the country.
lo. Drink water, avoid humidity
and the neighborhood of sewage
pipes.
16. Vary one's accupalions
17. Take from time to time a short
holiday.
18. Limit one's ambitions.
19. Restrain one's natural charac
ter
We have no idea that a strict fol
lowing of these regulations would
enable ene to pass the century mark,
but the observer would be better and
healthier by reason of living along |
these lines. The rules are filled with j
common sense, and there is an ab 1
sence of fadism which makes them 1
all the more commendable Try them j
on, and when the 100 years are up
give us a written certificate as to
how you aie getting along -Cincin
nati Tribune.
Washington, Sept II -The navy I
department reached a final determina- i
tion today to assign Rear Admiral
Norman II Farquhar to command of
the North Atlantic squadron, to sue
ceed Admiral Sampson, and to place
the latter in command of the Boston
navy yard, to fiil the vacancy caused
by the recent death of Admiral Pick
ing The transfer will take piace
Oct. 10.
Saturday Gov Mcsweeney filled
the vacancy caused on the board of
directors of the State penitentiary
by the resignation of Mr Cunning
ham by appointing Dr. M. 0. Row
land of Spartanburg
Yellow Fever Epidemic.
Twenty Taree New Cases and
Two Deaths Saturday,
With Many More Sus
pected Cases.
Key West, Fia , Sept. 10.-Twen
ty-three Dew cases of yellow fever
and two deaths have been reported
in the last 24 hours. The situation
is still very gloomy and numbers of
people are being sent to detention
camp at Dry Tortugas.
New York, Sept. 10.-Health
Officer Doty reports that all of the
four patients from Key West removed
to Swinburne Island from the steamer
Lampases have developed yeliow
fever.
Jackson, Miss, Sept. 10-One
case of yellow fever in Jackson was
officially reported to the State board
of health this afternoon by City
Phy8 C8n Todd and Dr. H II.
Hughes'
Jacksonville, Fia , Sept. 10 -Dr.
Porter, State health officer, has wired
that there are suspicious cases of
sickness at Port Tampa city, sup
posed to be yellow fever, and one
death.
New Orieans, Sept. 9 -President
Souchon of the State board of health
tonight issued the following bulletin :
No new cases. Third case improv
ing. Dr. Gant wire9 that the isola
tion at Mississippi City is perfect.
THAT FIRST SIN.
Figures to Shoiv That Adam and E re
Ate Eight Million Apple .
Probably our great ancestor, Adam,
little thought ol' the trouble he would
cause posterity by eating an apple.
But now the question as to how many
apples he really did eat is a new diffi
culty.
How many apples did Adam and Eve
eat? Was it one or was it millions?
When the subject was first mooted the
editor very naturally replied, "Why,
one, of course."
"No," said the assistant editor, "Eve
ate one, and Adam ate one, too; that's
two."
Then the subeditor passed along a
slip of paper on which was written.
"Eve SI and Adam SI, making 102."
But the poet, who is a. man of imag
ination, capped this with, "Eve Si and
Adam S12-S93."
Then the publisher tried his hand,
and his contribution was, 4'Eve S,142
see how it tasted, and Adam S12,
equals S,954."
The poet, who dislikes being sur
passed as much as he hates barbers,
came up to the scratch again with
"Eve S.142 see how it tasted, and Ad
am S1.242 keep her company-S9,3S4."
Then the humorist, who had been
listening, quietly handed in his con
tribution. "Eve S.142 see how it tasted,
and Adam S,124,210-der a husband
was he to see her eat alone. This
equals S,132,332."
"But he had another object," said the
poer. "Eve S,142 satisfy her curiosity,
and Adam S,124,240-fy Eve in her po
sition. That makes S, 132,3S2."-Phila
delphia Record.
He Was a Little Bit Close.
"The meanest man I ever knew,"
said the short passenger, "was a fellow
who got a football and painted it to
look like a watermelon. Then during
the summer months he kept it conspic
uously displayed in his back yard and
amused himself setting a savage bull
dog on hungry people who happeued to
take a fancy to the bogus melon."
"Ile certainly had his mean points,"
said the tall passenger, "but I know a
fellow who could give him a discount
and then beat him at his own game.
I was in a restaurant once where this
fellow was getting his dinner. After
he had finished he called the waiter
who had served him nnd asked:
" 'How much do you get for a tip as
a rule?'
"The waiter's eyes sparkled. Ile rub
bed his hands together and replied:
" 'Well, sah, we ginally gits at least a
quatah, but sometimes nice, genteel,
prosperous lookin gemmans like you
gives us GO cents.'
"Then what did this fellow do but
put on his hat and say:
" 'Thanks. I merely wanted to know
how much I was going to be ahead by
not giving you anything.' "-Chicago
News.
Have Yon a Blatch?
A man whose feet do not track stop
ped us on .he street the other day and
said: "The phenomenal good health of
smokers is not due to tobacco alone.
Smokers carry matches loose in their
pockets and it is the sulphur on the
matches that surrounds the body with
an aura of protection. What smoke
and sulphur won't do in the way of
killing microbes is not worth mention
ing." We offer this for the benefit of
the old chronics who "can stop smok
ing any time they want to," but who
never bump iq) against the time when
tliey want to.-Denver Road.
Natal's hippopotamuses art' extinct.
The last herd was protected hy the
government < n a reserva ti m near Dur
ban. Inn did so ni::<-h damage t.> the
surrounding sugar planta rions that or
ders were given !o have it destroyed.
The presentation of the frc 'dom of a
city er borough in England is : <>w a
mere compliment, which docs not --on
fer any substantial <>r exceptional priv
Ui ' .
Signals used by ships at sea date
frem J065 They were invented by the
Duke of York, afterward James II.
(richman mw .Southron
SUMTES WATCHMAN, Established April, 1850.
'Be Just and Fear not-Let all the Ends thou Aims't at, be thy Country's, thy God's and Truth's.'
THE TRUE SOUTHRON, Established Jnoe, JSftS
Consolidated Aug. % ISSI.
SUMTER S. C., WEDNESDAY, MAY 17.1899.
New Series-ToL XTIII. No. 42
THE PROFESSOR'S PRIZE.
It Wa Something He Conld Beat,
but It Gr>t the Best of Him.
One evening last winter one of Adel
bert's popular professors attended a
social funct ion where the guests play
ed progressive pedro, a game in which
the worthy educator lays no claim to
being an expert. In fact, on the pres
ent occasion he was credited with but
two progressions, a score of really as
tonishing smallness. Naturally, what
ls termed the "booby prize'' fell to bim,
and this time it took the fenn of a
double yolk egg, with the following
sarcastic legend attached:
"Something you can beat.''
The professor smilingly accepted the
reward, and after it was passed around
and joked upon he finally slipped it
into the side pocket of his overcoat
and then straightway forgot its exist
ence.
When the party broke up, he accom
panied two young ladies to their
borne. When they reached the house
and the latchkey was produced and
used, it was found that the front door
was locked so tightly that it refused
to yield to ordinary pressure. So the
professor put his hip against a panel
and pushed hard.
There was a dull crash, a mild yell,
the professor leaped in the air and
convulsively clutched at his side.
The double yolk bad exploded!
A moment later the afflicted educator
gingerly drew from bis pocket a pair
of exceedingly yellow gloves, followed
by a muffler of the same gaudy tint.
And the ladies leaned against the rail
ing and laughed until they cried.
Of course they promised not to tell,
but in some unfathomed way the story
-like the egg-leaked out.-Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
Disappointed.
Sylvia-What's the mattel i You look
as if you bad lost your last friend.
Maude-I went to see a fortune teller
yesterday, and she told me I was going
to marry a tall, dark man. The only
real rich fellow I know is dumpy and
has red hair.-Chicago Times-Herald.
Among the many incidents told of
the burning of the Windsor hotel there
is one that is a sketch of character. It
is of a woman who, being saved by a
fireman at the risk of his life, asked
him to go back and get her diamonds.
When it is said that he took her from a
fourth story window and had hil whisk
ers burned off in the attempt, her
proposition was cool enough to have ex
tinguished the fire
ATLANTIC COAST LINE
North-Eastern R. R. of S. G
CONDENSED SCHEDULE.
TRAINS GOING SOUTH
Dated No. No. No.
Apb 17, '99 35* 23 53*
am pm
Le Fioreoce 3 25 7 45
Le Kiogstrec 8 55
Ar Lanes 4 33 9 13 pm
Le Lanes i 33 9 13 6 20
Ar Charleston 6 03 IO 50 8 00
TRAINS GOING NORTH.
No. No. No.
78* 32*; 52*
am pm am
Le Charleston 6 33 4 49 7 CO
Ar Lanes 8 03 6 14 S 32
Le Lanes 8.03 6 14
Le Kingstree S 20
Ar Florence 9 20 7 20
am pm am
*Daiiy. fDaily except Sunday.
No 52 runs through to Ccfimbiu via Cen
tra! R. R. cf S. 0.
Tra ins Nos. 78 and 32 run v a W son an
Fayetteville-Short Line-aod make des?
connection for ell points North.
Ti aie s on C. 4 D. R. R. leave Florence
daily except Sunday 9 50 a m, arr?e Darling
ton 10 15 a rn, Hartville 9 15 am, Cberavr
1130 a to, Wadesboro 2 25 pm. Leavt
Floricce daily except Sunday 7 55 p m, ar
rive Darlington 8 20 p rn, Bennetrsville 9 17
pm, Gibson 9 45 p m. Leave Florence
Sunday only 9 30 am. arrive Darlingtor
10 05 a m
Leave Gibson daily except Sunday 6 CG
a m, Benoettsville 7 00 a tc, arrive Darling
ton 8 00 a rn, leave Darlington 8 50 am, ar
rive Fioreoce 9 15 am. Leave Wadesboro
daily except Sunday 3 00 p m, Cberaw 4 45
p ra, Hartsville 7 00 a m, Darlington 6 2?
P m, arrive Fioreoce 7 00 p m. Leave Dar
lington Sunday only 8 50 a m, arrive Flor
ence 9 15am.
J. R KENLEY, JNO. F. DIVINE,
Geu'i Manager. Gen'l Sup't'
T M. EMERSON, Traffic Manager.
9 . EMERSON. Gen'l Pass. Agent
mmm BRED STALLION
Modoc,
Will Stand the Season in Sumter
-AT
Boyle's Stables.
Chestnut Stallion, foaled May
1892;,' bred bySMaj. Campbell
Brown, Ewell Stock Farm,
Tennessee.
"MODOC," sired by McEween, 2.18$ ; first
dam Lady Rad a wa ; registered in Vol.12,
American Stud Book. He is one of the5oest
bred etallicnd io tbe itate: bred for size
style, beauty and speed. He ia of kind and
gentle disposition. A iure foal getter.